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title: "Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens"
description: "Holothuria cinerascens — Altri animali. Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ashy-sea-cucumber
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens

> Holothuria cinerascens — Altri animali. Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae.

- Scientific name: *Holothuria cinerascens*
- Category: `other` (Altri animali)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 701
- Wikidata: [Q2399265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2399265)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52473](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52473)

## Names

- en: Ashy Sea Cucumber
- es: Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens
- fr: Holothurie cendrée
- it: Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens

## Countries with the most observations

US (273), TW (58), IN (33), ZA (20), RE (14), PF (8), ID (7), MP (5), MZ (4)

## Summary

Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens is a species of sea cucumber in the family Holothuriidae. The sea cucumber is widely distributed in the Pacific and Indian ocean, being found from the Red Sea to Madagascar and from Japan to Australia. It was first described by Brandt in 1835.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holothuria_cinerascens

## Photo

![Holothuria (Semperothuria) cinerascens](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ashy-sea-cucumber/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Keen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/140355242

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ashy-sea-cucumber?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).